It’s that time of year when most of our summer interns have returned back to campus, and we begin our search for the next class of technical interns who are ready to make an impact in 2013. It’s also a nice time to reflect on all the fun intern activities that have taken place such as hiking trips in the Swiss Alps, riding segways through Munich in the rain and visiting salt mines in Krakow. In addition to all the fun, interns in EMEA contribute to large scale projects, help launch products and features, attend seminars, take part in competitions, meet lots of smart people from all over the world and sometimes, get to witness a little bit of history through the first intern exchange visit with CERN!Interns in EMEA have the opportunity to work in 12 different countries and take part in different programs to suit their skills and background. This year we introduced STEP (Summer Trainee Engineering Program) internships for engineering students who have completed the first year of their university studies. The program is based in London, Munich, Krakow and Zurich. Applications for the 2013 STEP internships (formerly Engineering Trainee Summer Program) are now open, check out the application page on Google Students site for more information. In addition to STEP, there is a specific program for students who study computer science at an African University. The Africa Trainee Program is based in Zurich and is an opportunity to spend the summer working with engineers and program managers on the Emerging Markets team. Franklin Ochieng, an intern from this year’s class, shared his experience as an intern in the Diary of a Summer Intern series and had this to say: Here at Google, I have learnt best practices, I have learnt to optimize, I have learnt to secure, I have learnt to design, I have learnt foresight, I have learnt teamwork, I have learnt to pay attention to detail. I've seen my code improve tremendously throughout the summer thanks to this review process. Basically, I have learnt to code like the professionals, like a real programmer.Applications for this program are also open now, check out our application page for more information. You must be a student and you must be studying at a university based in Africa.

If you are interested in becoming part of any of our intern programs in EMEA, apply here for our 2013 internships. You’ll have the chance to work on impactful projects and have a world class internship experience!Posted by Emma Edwards, College Recruiter - Europe, Middle East and Africa